| Ramot Meir רָמוֹת מֵאִיר | |
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  Ramot Meir | |
| Coordinates: 31°52′27″N 34°51′19″E / 31.87417°N 34.85528°E / 31.87417; 34.85528 | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Central |
| Council | Gezer |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Founded by | Demobilised soldiers |
| Population | 757 |
| Website | ramotmeir.co.il |
Ramot Meir (Hebrew: רָמוֹת מֵאִיר, lit. Meir Heights) is a moshav ovdim in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah around four kilometres south of Rehovot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 757.
History
The moshav was founded in 1949 by demobilised soldiers, and was named after the American philanthropist Meyer Rosoff. Rosoff had bought the land around the Palestinian village of al-Na'ani in the 1930s for his company, Rosoff Group Plantations. After the 1948 war, it expanded on part of the remaining al-Na'ani land.
It collapsed in 1965, but was re-established in 1969 by a group of immigrants from France (who had originally moved there from North Africa)
References
- ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- Hareouveni, Emanouel (1974). The Settlements of Israel and Their Archaelogical sites (in Hebrew). Israel: Hakibbutz Hameuchad. p. 302
- Glass, J.B. (2002) From New Zion to Old Zion: American Jewish Immigration and Settlement Wayne State University Press, pp238-239, ISBN 0-8143-2842-3
- Khalidi, W. (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 400. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
External links
- Official website (in Hebrew)
| Gezer Regional Council | |
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